Salt Lake City -- Warriors head coach Mark Jackson has been a consistent voice of patience and composure during his team's recent slide, but after Tuesday's 115-101 loss to Utah, he started to change his tune slightly.

"We'll shake some things up, but I'm not going to jump off this ship," Jackson said after the Warriors' season-worst, sixth consecutive loss. "I believe in my guys, but one thing that will take place is that guys are going to play for their minutes. ...

"I love my guys, and I believe in them. But we've got to find five guys on the floor who are going to scratch, claw and compete. History tells me - I've been part of it - that the only way out of a funk like this is to work your way out of it. We're not going to cool our way out of this. We're going to be fine, but we've got to stop the bleeding."

The brash approach to road crowds, the gritty determination on defense and the nasty chasing of rebounds that defined the first portion of the Warriors' season seems to have all but disappeared in the past six games.

They made barely a whisper of an argument against the Jazz, who did not trail, led by at least 10 points in each of the quarters, shot 50 percent from the floor and converted 21 points off of the Warriors' 14 turnovers.

The Warriors (30-23) haven't won in 18 days - since a day before the 49ers lost the Super Bowl - and now are closer to missing the playoffs (5 1/2 games) than first place in the Pacific Division (7 1/2 games). The Jazz (31-24) have won five of their past seven games to nearly tie the Warriors for sixth place in the Western Conference.

"We've got to play better, with energy, effort, commitment and defending - the things that put us in a position to be a very good basketball team," Jackson said. "We're not doing that right now. I'm getting tired of (hearing), 'My bad,' so we've got to find a way to stop it."

The Warriors entered Tuesday having given up 118 points per game in their past five and having yielded a better three-point percentage (43.8) during the skid than the field-goal percentage (43.4) they allowed in their first 47 games. The Jazz made 10 of 21 three-point tries (47.6 percent).

Seven Utah players were in double-digit scoring, led by Al Jefferson, who had 24 points while giving the Warriors' big men fits. Swingman Gordon Hayward, who missed the past 10 games with a shoulder injury, returned with 17 points. Guard Randy Foye had 15 points on three three-pointers, and forwards Paul Millsap and Derrick Favors each scored 14 points.

"That's what is most frustrating: I don't think you can point to just one thing," Warriors power forward David Lee said. "I think it's a little bit of everything and a little bit of everybody. It seems like each time down the court, there is just a minor mistake by one guy, and then another mistake by a different guy. Other times, a guy just hits a tough shot.

"You add all of that together, and you give up another 115 points and lose another game."

The Warriors scored enough to win and shot 47 percent from the field. Stephen Curry had 29 points on 12-for-22 shooting, including a Davidson-esque, 14-point second quarter. Jarrett Jack recorded 19 points and nine assists, Lee had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Klay Thompson added 15 points and seven rebounds.

"It's just frustrating, but somehow we've got to find a way to get out of it," Curry said. "We can't talk our way out of it. We've said all of the right things about how we could get out of it, but it's going to take some effort to do it."

Wednesday's game

Who: Suns (18-36) vs. Warriors (30-23)

Where: Oracle Arena

When: 7:30 p.m.

TV/Radio: CSNBA/680

Of note: Phoenix has dropped six of its past eight games, including a 113-93 loss to the Warriors on Feb. 2. ... The Suns have scored 100 or more points twice since Dec. 29. ... Forward Michael Beasley has scored 24 or more points in four games and has averaged 14.8 points in the 13 games since Lindsey Hunter was named interim head coach.